Roosevelt School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 110 | 52% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 48% |
School pathway
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 20.3% | 19.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
Schools most like Roosevelt School
Roosevelt School's state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt School this school | 213 | 64.8% | 28.1% |
| Bradley Beach Elementary School BRADLEY BEACH | 193 | 64.8% | 38.4% |
| Alexander Hamilton MORRISTOWN | 251 | 58.2% | 47.8% |
| School #3 CLIFTON | 257 | 70.0% | 38.8% |
| Columbus School LODI | 265 | 60.0% | 53.7% |
| Hillcrest School MORRISTOWN | 251 | 56.2% | N/A |
Where Roosevelt School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #1,003 of 1,290 | #39 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #889 of 1,319 ▲ 219 | #37 of 42 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #973 of 1,319 ▲ 229 | #38 of 42 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #1,370 of 1,562 | #44 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #89 of 1,390 | #10 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #587 of 1,392 | #32 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #409 of 1,481 | #7 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #406 of 798 | #17 of 31 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 213 | 24.8 | 8.6:1 | 65% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 23.5 | 10.2:1 | 68% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 24 | 10.3:1 | 61% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 22 | 10.6:1 | 53% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 18.3 | 13.0:1 | 48% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 235 | 21 | 11.2:1 | 40% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 169 | 14 | 12.1:1 | 41% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 208 | 12 | 17.3:1 | 25% (52) |
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (238 to 213); teachers up 36% (18.3 to 24.8).
About Roosevelt School
Roosevelt School is a small elementary school in New Jersey, located in Manville. It reports enrollment of 213 students in grades 3 through 4. That puts enrollment 47% below the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Manville School District, which runs Roosevelt School, has 4 schools and 1,655 students.
Federal enrollment data show Roosevelt School is 58% Hispanic. Other groups include 29% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 18% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 8.6:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. Of all students at Roosevelt School, 65% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 28% average for public schools in Somerset County, the school's rate is higher.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Roosevelt School would score about 30.7%. It scores 28.1%, 2.5 points below that figure.
The school is in Somerset County, where the median household earns about $140,374 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Roosevelt School shares Somerset County with 83 other public schools.
About 0.4 miles separate Roosevelt School from the closest public school, Alexander Batcho Intermediate School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Roosevelt School places 3rd out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 9% across 4 years, from 234 in 2020-21 to 213 in 2024-25. The ratio was 10.6:1 in 2020-21 and 8.6:1 in 2024-25.
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